QuoteQuest“I'm not big on compromise. I understand compromise. Sometimes compromise is the right answer, but oftentimes compromise is the equivalent of defeat, and I don't like being defeated.”
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I'm not big on compromise. I understand compromise. Sometimes compromise is the right answer, but oftentimes compromise is the equivalent of defeat, and I don't like being defeated. Citation: Life, Vol. 12 (January 1989), p. iii Listed on https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Donald_Trump (CC BY-SA)Read evidence
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Trump, Donald. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Donald Trump. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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